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New South Wales

'Glimmer of hope' as near-extinct Darling River snails discovered

ABC News
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EcologyHabitatsConservation

A colony of the Darling River snail, once feared extinct, has been found at a weir on the Barwon River in Walgett.

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  • The headline puts “Glimmer of hope” in quotation marks. Nobody says those words anywhere in the report.

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Shells stoke further hope of the Darling River snail's survival.
Shells stoke further hope of the Darling River snail's survival.

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